Rudolf Kayser, "Americanism" (1925)
The catchwords “Americanism” and “Americanization” gave rise to a host of stereotypes, notions, and projections (e.g., the clichéd view of America as a country without “culture” or as a mass society)....

Friedrich Sieburg, "Worshipping Elevators" (1926)
While the terms “Americanism“ and “Americanization” were widely associated with the modernization of industry, technology, and the economy in 1920ies Germany, the phenomena of “mass society” and....

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Ernst Lorsy, "The Hour of Chewing Gum" (1926)
After the German economy had stabilized, the Chicago chewing gum manufacturer Wrigley tried to establish a presence in the German market. To that end, he spent around 2 million Reichsmark to build....